All realms have enabled me to achieve the Great Dao.

Zhou Yongcheng took out a few Peiyuan Pills, handed them to the First Emperor, and said, "Take one pill before bed every night."

The First Emperor carefully took the elixir, glanced at it, and found it to be completely different from the elixir made by the alchemists.

The pills the master gave me still had a medicinal aroma; just smelling them made me feel much better.

"Thank you sir."

“I also don’t want to see a unified dynasty collapse so quickly. Wars kill ordinary people, people with unfortunate lives,” Zhou Yongcheng said.

"Sir, where are those generals and capable rulers from the images you showed me?" the First Emperor asked.

That's a good question. Zhou Yongcheng only knew a few things, so he took out his phone and asked Hong Hou about the things he didn't know.

"Xiao He is a capable man, a skilled administrator. He serves as an official in Pei County. Pei County also has a fine military general named Fan Kuai, and another general named Han Xin, who famously said, 'The more soldiers Han Xin commands, the better.' He is known as the 'God of War' by later generations. He lives in Huaiyin County; you should be able to find him if you send someone to look for him. As for Zhang Liang, he probably won't serve you. He is a descendant of the state of Han and is plotting to assassinate you. There's also Chen Ping..."

Zhou Yongcheng told the First Emperor about some famous talents and asked him to find them.

“Zhang Liang is talented, but since he cannot be used by me, let his talent remain unused. This world will always belong to Qin. I will not use him; let’s see where his knowledge can be put to use.”

"Indeed, if you can continue to expand the territory of Qin and enable the people to live and work in peace, those talented people will surely enter the court and realize their ambitions."

The First Emperor did not linger; his purpose in coming today was to obtain an elixir to remove the toxins from his body.

Before leaving, Zhou Yongcheng told the First Emperor that if he sent someone to Pei County to invite Xiao He and the others, and also brought Lü Gong and his family to Xianyang, the First Emperor would guarantee that his generals would safely bring Lü Gong and his family to Xianyang.

For the next period of time, Zhou Yongcheng had a very fulfilling life. In addition to teaching Lü Su how to cultivate, he would go to the unknown world to cultivate at night.

After consuming half of the spiritual liquid, Zhou Yongcheng's cultivation finally broke through to the late stage of the Refining Spirit Returning to Emptiness Realm.

Zhou Yongcheng discovered that the resources consumed in cultivating the Heavenly Origin Manual were terrifying. In addition to using spiritual liquid, he also used spiritual stones to accumulate and absorb spiritual energy, as well as a high-level spirit gathering array to absorb the spiritual energy in the cave.

After cultivating for a period of time, Zhou Yongcheng discovered that the spiritual energy in the cave was decreasing, and the place where he cultivated was the place where he found the spiritual liquid.

The robots have already dug a long distance around the area, and all the top-grade spirit stones have been mined. Now they are only producing high-grade spirit stones. At this rate, they won't be able to dig for much longer.

If Zhou Yongcheng were to cultivate in this cave, he estimated that even if he used up all the spiritual liquid, he would only be able to reach the early stage of the Refining Void and Harmonizing Dao realm at most.

Although he consumed a lot of resources, Zhou Yongcheng's magical power was exceptionally strong, his primordial spirit was also exceptionally powerful, and his body was even more formidable. His physical strength was also very strong. Although he didn't know the extent of his physical strength, he estimated that it was no worse than a mid-grade spiritual weapon.

Ten days or so had passed in the mythical world. On this day, Zhou Yongcheng was sitting on a recliner in the courtyard reading a book, while Lü Su was keeping him company.

The First Emperor entered with Lü Gong and his daughter.

"Sir, Mr. Lü and his family have been safely delivered."

As soon as Lu Gong entered the door, he saw Zhou Yongcheng and his youngest daughter. He really did not expect that Zhou Yongcheng was of such noble status that even the First Emperor had to address him as "Sir".

What surprised him even more was that his youngest daughter had taken a liking to Young Master Zhou. He had originally intended to introduce his eldest daughter to Young Master Zhou, but considering that Young Master Zhou had no fixed abode, he gave up. Life is unpredictable.

When Lü Su saw her father and sister, she got up and ran over to them.

With the First Emperor present, Lü Gong couldn't say anything about his own daughter.

Zhou Yongcheng exchanged a few pleasantries with Lü Gong, then left the family alone before leading the First Emperor into the house.

“You child, how could you run away from home so quietly? If you run into someone with bad intentions, I'm afraid I'll never see you again.”

"Brother Zhou is a very good person."

Lu Su chatted with her father and sister for a while, then led them to the house next door.

“This house was bought by Brother Zhou, and you will be living here from now on,” Lü Su explained to them.

Lu Gong was also quite emotional, thinking back to when he couldn't make a living in Xianyang some time ago and had to return to his hometown of Pei County in a dejected manner. He never expected to come back in this way.

The houses here are very close to the palace, and ordinary people can't buy them.

Inside the room, Zhou Yongcheng chatted with the First Emperor.

"Have all those talents been found?" Zhou Yongcheng asked.

"They've all been found. After my testing, they are indeed talented individuals, especially Xiao He. He offered several suggestions, saying that Qin's current penal laws are too harsh and should be revised. He also said that construction on the Lishan Imperial Mausoleum and the Great Wall on the border should be stopped, and that the laborers should be released to return home so they can cultivate more land and grow more grain..."

The First Emperor recounted the test he had given to Xiao He and Han Xin. Xiao He was undoubtedly excellent in domestic affairs, but he lacked a platform to showcase his talents, which were buried until he met Liu Bang, at which point his talents were finally put to use.

Han Xin's talent was beyond question. Because of his poor background, he had great ambitions but could not realize them. When Qin was in chaos, he joined Xiang Yu but was not valued. He also joined Liu Bang but was not valued either. If it weren't for Xiao He's recommendation, Liu Bang would not have used him. Unfortunately, he was eventually killed by Empress Lü's scheme.

"If someone is talented, we should use them boldly. Many founding emperors in later generations were afraid that their ministers would become too powerful and would try to get rid of them. Throughout history, there have been very few emperors who did not kill their meritorious officials. You are one of them. Everyone has flaws, but as long as someone is a good person, they can serve the country. If their strengths outweigh their weaknesses, then their weaknesses are nothing and can be accepted."

“What you say is true, sir.”

"You should seriously consider Xiao He's advice. The most important thing in a country is its people. Although people are divided into different classes, the majority are at the bottom. If the people at the bottom can't make a living, how can you, the upper class, sit comfortably in your high positions? A great man once said that the people are the masters of the country. You can only be the emperor if the people say you can be the emperor. If the people say you can't be the emperor, the vast majority of people in the country will rise up in rebellion. That means the people really can't make a living and that's when they will rise up in rebellion."

As you saw in the footage I showed you, how many people died building the Great Wall and the Lishan Imperial Mausoleum? Was the Great Wall really necessary? If the Qin army was strong enough, it could have crossed the border and slaughtered all those treacherous barbarians who dared to invade the Qin Dynasty. Building the Great Wall would have been less worthwhile than strengthening the army.

"And the Lishan Imperial Mausoleum... With your current health, living for another hundred years or so is no problem at all. The mausoleum can be built, but don't undertake large-scale construction. It will not only exhaust the people but also waste resources. If you really want to build the Great Wall and the mausoleum, if any country dares to invade Qin, send a large army to annihilate them. Don't kill the surviving soldiers; capture them to build the mausoleum and the Great Wall. Wouldn't that kill two birds with one stone?"

The First Emperor fell into deep thought. What Zhou Yongcheng said had a great impact on him. The people are the masters of the country. The problem is that the Qin Dynasty indeed has the most people. He had seen a commoner shouting, "Are kings and nobles born with special privileges?"

Seeing the First Emperor deep in thought, Zhou Yongcheng told him to go back and think about it slowly.